Chalker Elementary School in Kennesaw

Category	Rating	Details
Test Scores	6/10	The Test Score Rating examines how students at this school performed on standardized tests compared with other schools in the state. The Test Rating was created using 2025 Georgia Milestones End-of-Course (EOC) Assessment data from Georgia Governor's Office of Student Achievement, and using 2025 Georgia Milestones End-of-Grade (EOG) Assessment data from Georgia Governor's Office of Student Achievement.
Student Growth	6/10	The Student Progress Rating measures whether students at this school are making academic progress over time based on student growth data provided by the Department of Education. Specifically, this rating looks at how much progress individual students have made on state assessments during the past year or more, how this performance aligns with expected progress based on a student growth model established by the state Department of Education, and how this school's growth data compares to other schools in the state. The Growth Rating was created using 2025 Student growth data from Georgia Governor's Office of Student Achievement.

Posted: July 31, 2025

As a parent of a child with special needs, our experience at Chalker Elementary has been disappointing. While the school may appear welcoming on the surface, we encountered serious issues regarding special education support and communication. Our childs IEP was not consistently followed, services were delayed or missed, and we found it difficult to get clear answers from staff. Inclusion was lacking, and we often felt our child was treated as a burden rather than a valued and included individual. When we tried to advocate for improvements, the response was defensive rather than collaborative.

Posted: June 5, 2025

Our experience at Chalker has been great. It took a while to get some special needs services in place, but since then, the special education team has been fabulous.

Posted: June 5, 2025

Posted: July 30, 2024

My 2 kids attend Chalker and they have thrived over the years . Theyve had a few amazing nurturing teachers and made good friends .

Posted: July 30, 2024

Posted: May 23, 2024

This school lacks transparency. There was an incident the school referred to it as vandalism but it was not at all vandalism. They did not inform the parents about the TRUTH of the matter until the incident happened again and, they had no choice but to inform the parents of what happened. I took my child out and she hasn't been back sense.

Posted: May 23, 2024

Posted: April 24, 2024

This is our first year at chalker (kindergartener). We have had a great experience so far. The PTA is active, the teachers are present and involved. Our sons kindergarten teacher is very communicative and is always available. He has excelled and we see a huge change in his maturity level.

Posted: August 15, 2023

This school truly cares about the well-being of the students.

Posted: August 15, 2023

Posted: May 19, 2023

My daughter has thrived in this school for an entire year since we joined! her teachers are great!

Posted: May 19, 2023

Posted: October 6, 2022

Ever since we started Chalker in 2019 we have felt as though we are part of a family. We are truly blessed to be part of such a caring school. The staff is very welcoming and always have a smile on their faces to greet and meet whatever your need(s) may be.

Posted: October 6, 2022

Posted: March 30, 2022

My children have been bullied in this school and it gets covered up. When you bring it to light they have a million excuse they smile as if they cant be touched. They do nothing I have everything on documents and emails of everything on this school.. these teachers couldnt even keep it together during virtual learning a teacher lost it on a virtual lesson with her students I witnessed that record some of it as well called about that as well my child was removed from that virtual class just feel for the students with that teacher now. They stick together and lie and cover up for each other they are small community that also hangs out together outside of school. Staff and teachers Kids stay over each other homes. This school will try to make your child seem to be the issue. I do not recommend this school at all.

Posted: March 30, 2022

Posted: December 15, 2021

You may want to consider a different school for your child. The teachers dont communicate until your child is misbehaving (doing things children do) there is a lot of favoritism and the teachers show it bluntly. My child was sent to the principals office to eat lunch by herself and I was not informed. My child was being bullied and she told the teacher and the teacher told her to figure it out on her own. The ASP director will write up your child for anything and picks on certain children to tattle on. But allows other children to horseplay and be unruly. Definitely a lot of racism and predjudice at this school. Even some of the children say racist comments and that is very concerning.

Posted: December 15, 2021

Posted: April 20, 2021

My son is making great progress. The teachers are super helpful. My son has special needs, and this school is really looking after him and his growth.

Posted: April 20, 2021

Posted: June 6, 2019

Above and beyond. My 6 year old daughter is excelling.

Posted: May 24, 2018

Not good for children with special needs OT and SLP don't care enough and it shows LAZY

Posted: May 24, 2018

Teachers let students do what they want.

Posted: May 24, 2018

I believe the teachers are lazy couldn't wait until the last day of school.

Posted: May 24, 2018

My daughter was there for a year and won't return.

Posted: May 24, 2018

None blind leading the blind or teachers have certain picks.

Posted: May 24, 2018

My daughter attended this school one year won't be returning. Teachers are lazy, some prejudice and Field day wasn't organized. I had to stay on top of some teachers. Poor excuses

Posted: May 5, 2018

Our experience has not been positive. They do not account for how children learn and what their basic needs are. There is almost no unstructured free time outside and there are too many children in the classrooms. We are switching to another school.

Posted: April 22, 2018

NOT as effective as they should. Many times the matter is ignored the first time. One has to go to a parent, teacher, administrator MORE THAN ONE TIME!!! SHOULD ONLY BE ONCE!!!

Posted: April 22, 2018

GOOD but, NOT Excellent!
Fair NOT poor.
Great NOT Awesome!
Wish they would challenge our youth more and put more emphasis on little scholars instead of ONLY putting emphasis on a few TARGET kid's. All educators should strive for all students to be apart of TARGET NOT ONLY a hand full!!!

Posted: April 22, 2018

They simply give homework per the child NOT completing it from class work.

Posted: April 22, 2018

My child attended K5-5th. ALL her teacher's were GREAT EXCEPT for Pintner. Words canNOT describe how unprofessional and inconsistent she was. In addition, she was completely inconsiderate to the student's in many way's. She makes it obvious to them that she has FAVORITES and dislike some. She FAILS to communicate any positivity about a student ONLY NEGATIVE IMPACTS that are normally looked over by MOST educators.

Posted: April 22, 2018

Students are well behaved with manners and cooperative.

Posted: April 22, 2018

The administration does a decent job to rectify most mishaps.

Posted: April 22, 2018

An IEP is easily to obtain, maintain and coordinate.

Posted: March 29, 2018

Chalker is an excellent school! Check out the great activities going on at Chalker on our Twitter page:
Chalker Elementary
@ChalkerES1

Posted: January 4, 2018

Posted: November 15, 2017

Posted: March 3, 2016

All the way down to the parapros! My son has a Parapro and she works well with his teacher in making sure my son understands the material.

Posted: March 3, 2016

My son was transferred from Timber Ridge, he didn't have a great experience in that school. Nothing wrong with the school, he is special needs so it wasn't a great fit for his needs. We transferred to Chalker in October and he has been so happy ever since. The front office staff is always helpful, the nurse calls me with any sign of sickness and his Parapro and teacher are always concerned and very involved. My son went from dreading school to loving it! Thank you Chalker for the parent involvement and all that you do to accommodate so that special needs children feel like they belong. Best school in my opinion!

Posted: March 2, 2016

I can't say enough great things about the teachers at this school. I have two children who attend Chalker. We have also attended another Cobb county school before moving. And I will say that Chalker blows me away with how effective their teaching staff is! These teachers care about my kids and spend countless hours making the classroom experience work for all of their students. I have a child who needed some emotional support this year and his teacher was aware of the situation and immediately worked with me to help him. I have another child who is incredibly smart, but struggles to stay focused. Again, his teacher approached me with ideas on how to help his learning experience. They are fabulous!!! Every year I feel certain my kids will never have another teacher as wonderful as the one they currently have. And every year I am pleasantly surprised when the teachers at Chalker exceed my expectations. We were recently considering moving, and decided we never wanted to leave this school!

Posted: March 2, 2016

Chalker's teachers are awesome and constantly keep you updated on your children's progress. They work so hard...so many long hours to get your children where they need to be and are not appreciated enough!

Posted: March 2, 2016

We have three children.... one that went all the way through Chalker....one that is currently at Chalker...and one that will eventually go to Chalker. We have lived down the road for 14 years and never plan to move. We love Chalker and this whole community. The teachers and all of the great families that contribute and volunteer are what make chalk are so wonderful :) You will not be sorry if you move to our area and make Chalker your children's home!

Posted: February 23, 2016

Chalker Elementary has fabulous teacher that care so much about the students! I have had three of my children come through this school and can not say enough about how great the school is for our community. The Principal is so caring and puts so much into the children and staff. I would highly recommend this school to anyone that is considering moving into the Kennesaw area.

Posted: February 23, 2016

Chalker Elementary has some of the best teachers around. The amount of time and energy that they put into the students is amazing. The teachers are effective and caring in all aspects of teaching the students. We are truly lucky to have such great teachers.

Posted: February 23, 2016

The administration is fair and honest with everything regarding staff and students. The students are taught the importance of honesty and integrity on a daily basis.

Posted: November 29, 2015

It is a really great school. The staffs and teachers are excellent. We love it there.

Posted: February 22, 2015

I have commented before on how terrible this school is for my KINDERGARTEN sister. But I never thought this school would stoop so low as TO LEAVE A KINDERGARTENER STANDING OUTSIDE *ALONE*!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! As you can tell, I am beyond furious. I hope this school gets shut down. Never ever send your child to this school!

Posted: October 16, 2013

Dedicated, organized, and responsive to parents, the teachers at Chalker at top notch! My oldest is in Forth grade, and all the teachers she has had have been excellent! She had some behavioral issues in Kindergarten and First grade, and she was tested, observed, and we had regular meetings until we were able to get her on track again. I never felt like my daughter, or I were being judged. There was only helpfulness, professionalism, and compassion from all Chalkers staff members. We love this school!

#	Name	Type	City	State	Overall Rating	Distance
1	Heritage Farms	Neighborhood/Subdivision	Marietta	GA		3.3 mi
2	Garden Hills	Condominium/Townhouse	Atlanta	GA		17.9 mi

Base	Distance
Dobbins ARB	9.3 mi.
Fort Gillem	32.1 mi.
Camp Frank D Merrill	47.9 mi.

Chalker Elementary School

Kennesaw, GA 30144

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